Dip-waist-belt buckle.



No. 695,940. Patented Mar. 25, I902 E. R. LOWRY;

DIP WAIST BELT BUCKLE.

[Application med July 8, 1901.!

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATEs PATENT GFFICE.

ER R. LOWRY, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES J.FRANLEY, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

DIPWAlST-BELT BUCKLE.

SPECIFIGATIOE forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,940, dated March25, 1902.

Application filed July 8, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ER R. LOWRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State 5 of NewYork, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Dip -W'aist-Belt Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement resides in a buckle hav- I ing a construction whereby itis adapted to be secured to the belt in a way to fasten the waist andskirt of the wearer together to form a dip-waist belt and to hold thebuckle in symmetrical relation to the crossed dipping ends of the belt,and in the claims I will point out the improvement by which the buckleis caused to secure the belt with its ends in crossed dipping form, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows thebelt as it is buckled and worn with its crossed ends in dipping form.Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the buckle as it is secured tocrossed dipping ends of the belt. Fig 3 is an inner side view of thesame. Fig. 4 shows the inner side of the buckle and the crossed relationof the belt ends to the pin. Fig. 5 shows the buckle with a hinged coverto protect the hands and wearing-apparel from being injured or catchingon the tongue. Fig. 6 shows the buckle with its covering-plate closed.

The buckle-frame may be of any desired form and has the usual tongue 1,hinged to a loop on a cross-bar 2, by which one end of 5 the belt issecured to the frame. At the inner side of the frame a clasp is hingedparallel with the tongue, so that its clamping end 3 will stand at rightangles with the tongue for binding the other end of the belt to the 0frame, so that the two ends of the belt do not cross each other from theopposite side of the buckle-frame, as usual, but cross each other atright angles, so that both ends of the belt stand down from differentsides of the frame 5 when the latter is fastened to the waist of thewearer, and it is this relative arrangement of the clasp and tongue thatgives the advantage of using the belt in dip form with afastening-buckle. A loop at at the side of the frame opposite the claspserves to keep the clasped end of the strap in symmetrical re- SerialNo. 67,519. (No model.)

lation to the frame. A pin 5, hinged to the frame, is fastened theretoby a hook 6 and serves to fasten the waist and the skirt of the wearertogether and to the buckle-frame. It is important to note that thefastened pin stands across the crossed ends of the belt, as

in Figs. 3 and 4, so as to hold the buckle in symmetrical relation tothe dipping crossed ends of the belt. This gives the belt its attractivecurved dipping form around the waist of the wearer, with the ends of thebelt spreading below the buckle, while the fastening-pin standshorizontal at the waist.

To prevent injury to the hands and the catching of the apparel on thepoint of the tongue and to cover the buckle, a cover '7 may be hinged tothe frame and when closed forms an ornament on the fastened ends of thebelt, as in Figs. 5 and 6. The ornamen- 7o tation of the cover may be onboth sides.

It is the relation of the tongue, the clasp, and pin to the frame thatallows the belt tobe fastened with both ends curving down at each sideof the wearer and terminating in crossed dipping ends on the under sideof the buckle and gives a comfortable fit on the wearer.

As the belt is not permanently fastened to the buckle, any kind of beltmay be used with it, and this is a desirable advantage.

I claim- 1. As a new article of manufacture a buckleframe havinga tongueon one side and a clasp and a pin on the opposite side disposed inrelation to each other whereby a belt is fastened around the Waist ofthe wearer with its ends in crossed dipping form.

2. A dip-waist-belt buckle having its frame provided with a tongue onone side, a clasp hinged on the other so as to stand at right angles tothe tongue, and a pin hinged on the same side so as to obliquely crossthe tongue and the pin whereby the ends of the belt are fastened incrossed dipping form and secured to the wearer with the pin standinghorizontally across the crossed ends of the belt.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ER R. LOWVRY.

Witnesses:

A. ROWLAND J OI-INSON, J. ARTHUR LYNHAM.

